قالَ تَاللَّهِ إِن كِدتَ لَتُردينِ

He exclaimed, “By God, you nearly led me astray!

وَلَولا نِعمَةُ رَبّي لَكُنتُ مِنَ المُحضَرينَ

If not for the mercy of my Lord, I would’ve been among those presented.”

أَفَما نَحنُ بِمَيِّتينَ

“We are not to die.

إِلّا مَوتَتَنَا الأولىٰ وَما نَحنُ بِمُعَذَّبينَ

Except for our first death, and we aren’t to be punished.”

إِنَّ هـٰذا لَهُوَ الفَوزُ العَظيمُ

Indeed, this is the great achievement.

أَذٰلِكَ خَيرٌ نُزُلًا أَم شَجَرَةُ الزَّقّومِ

Isn’t this a better hospitality than that of the Tree of Bitterness?

إِنّا جَعَلناها فِتنَةً لِلظّالِمينَ

We made it an ordeal for the unjust.

إِنَّها شَجَرَةٌ تَخرُجُ في أَصلِ الجَحيمِ

It’s a tree that sprouts from the core of Hellfire.

طَلعُها كَأَنَّهُ رُءوسُ الشَّياطينِ

Its buds are like the heads of devils.

فَإِنَّهُم لَآكِلونَ مِنها فَمالِئونَ مِنهَا البُطونَ

From it, they will eat and fill their stomachs.